U.P. KIDS to host Oct. 30 training session

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Oct 14, 2012 at 10:00 AM

Staff reports

U.P. KIDS announces training for adoptive and foster parents to be held Tuesday, October 30, 2012, from 6 to 8 p.m. in the Luce County Resource and Recreation Center, 111 West Helen, Newberry, Michigan.

“Understanding Trauma’s Effects” is the second in monthly training provided in the EUP by U.P. KIDS (formerly Good Will Farm).

This trauma training is one of many in a workshop series for resource parents. With a combination of information and exercises, the training can help resource parents understand the link between trauma and their children’s often baffling behavior, feelings, and attitudes. It gives resource parents practical tools to help their children move forward from their traumatic pasts, to recognize and reduce the impact of their children’s traumas on themselves, and to seek useful support from others. Attendees of last month’s training held in Sault Ste. Marie expressed the benefits of simply being with and sharing information, ideas, and stories among other resource parents.

The trainer will once again Linda Sanchez, U.P. KIDS Program Director for the Post Adoption Resource Center that services Region 1 (the U.P.).

Sanchez has over 10 years’ experience in Foster Care, Foster Home Licensing, Family Support Services, and Post Adoption programs.

She is a licensed foster parent for the Department of Human Services in Houghton County, a mother, and a grandmother.

Sanchez was trained as a facilitator for resource parents by Dr. Jim Henry, the co-founder and project director of the Children’s Trauma Assessment Center at Western Michigan University.

Certificates of hours will be provided to those who register and attend. On-site childcare will be provided if requested when registering prior to October 26.

For more information, call Geraldine Stelmaszek at (906) 281-3276 or email gerry@goodwillfarm.com

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